Category: <span>Funding</span>

EPSRC: Unlocking the full potential of nature-based engineering

Closing date: 23 Oct 2025 16:00 UK EPSRC is calling for grant applications to conduct research in nature-based engineering, defined in EPSRC’s Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges report as developing systems and technologies inspired by nature. Teams must include two or more researchers from different areas and at least one early …

New Engineering Biology ICURe Discover launched

Deadline: Tues 23 Sept 2025 BBSRC has launched a new Engineering Biology ICURe Discover programme with Innovate UK Business Connect and The Helix Way. This is a part-time online market exploration programme for bioscience researchers and technicians in the field of Engineering Biology, with up to £2,500 support for market …

Royal Society Industry Fellowships – deadline 18 Sept 2025

The Royal Society’s Industry Fellowship scheme is open to UK-based academic and industrial researchers from early to senior career stages. The scheme aims to: Support the mobility of excellent researchers between the two sectors in the UK across the natural sciences Enable the Industry Fellow to develop and establish collaborative …

Potential new BBSRC ICURe Discover programme

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) and BBSRC are discussing the idea of running a biofilm-focused ICURe Discover programme to start in autumn this year. BBSRC ICURe Discover is a part-time online market discovery programme designed to support researchers and technicians in exploring the potential market to commercialise their biofilm …

Engineering Biology SPARK Funding

Opens: 02 June 2025 Closes: 09 July 2025 Engineering Biology SPARK Awards will fund UK academic institutions or Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs) to deliver an engineering biology project that addresses a challenge posed by a UK-registered Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME), or enhances the SME’s progress towards developing new products, …

Bacterial communication – ICGEB conference

Key deadlines: Application to ICGEB for financial assistance 18 June 2025 Abstracts 13 July 2025 Registration 8 October 2025 Conference date: 28-30 October 2025 Trieste, Italy Arturo Falaschi Conference on Cell-cell communication in bacteria: new insights and future trends This recurring conference on cell-cell communication in bacteria brings together leading …

PhD opportunity in MIC

Deadline: 15 June 2025 Location: University of Liverpool This PhD project brings together expertise in nanoscale surface science and local scale electrochemistry, cell-surface interaction probes, microbiology and imaging across physical and biological sciences to study the electrochemical process that occurs both at the local site and single cell level and …

Supergen Bioenergy: Flexible Funding

Closing date: 20 June 2025 Total funding available: £200k Maximum award for one project: £100k Supergen Bioenery is inviting new entrants to the Energy Networks Community from UK Higher Education Institutions (UKHEIs) for innovative projects that explore novel applications of mathematics, data science, and artificial intelligence within the context of …